A continuous, age-structured insect population model

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-243

  Henson, Shandelle M ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous age; Hopf bifurcations; LPA model Cannibalism; Stability of equilibria; Structured model

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANNIBALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRIBOLIUM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; LARVA; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUPA; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 0033195115     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050169     Document Type: Article

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